Coal based Thermal Power Project vs Wetland -Dr. Susan Sharma (with inputs from Saraswati Kavula and Internet news) Nagarjuna Construction Company(NCC) has been making arrangements for setting up a 2,640 mw thermal power project in Sompeta with an outlay
of Rs 12,000 crore. Dr. Asad R. Rahmani of Bombay Natural History Society and Asha Rajvanshi of Wild Life Institute, after visiting Bhavanapadu and Sompeta, said the sites were located in ecologically sensitive areas due to several wetland systems.... The
local people managed obtaining an Injunction order from the High Court in July 2010.... Finally, the National Environmental Appellate Authority (NEAA) quashed the environmental clearance granted to the Nagarjuna Construction Company Ltd by the ministry of
environment and forests to set up a thermal power plant at Sompeta village in Srikakulam district.......